By Kevin McCarty, Sacramento City Council, District 6 With California in its third year of drought, the City of Sacramento’s water conservation strategy includes busting people who flood sidewalks. Since June, we’ve been telling residents they can water landscaping on only three specific days per week and there is to be no watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Last year, the City Council decided to ban bottled water at its meetings. We did so in recognition that plastic water bottles are littering the world and the precious water they once contained is often wasted. That’s why I was surprised to learn that the Nestle Waters North America Co. is moving forward with plans for a water bottl

Too much gun violence? Do you know that it’s far more difficult to buy cold medicine than it is to buy ammunition? We need tougher laws to keep ammunition out of the hands of children, criminals, and gang members. Here in Sacramento, we stopped waiting for other people to tackle the problem. With the help of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the City Council passed a tough ordinance to restrict ammunition sales. This local ordinance has been extremely successful. To date Sacramento police have obtained 181 search warrants leading to the arrest of 151 criminals and gang members seeking to load their weapons. In addition, police have seized 100 firearms and thousands of rounds of